Chapter 10 - Justice in Handcuffs
Detective Miller held up an official tablet displaying the forensic audio transcript and a warrant stamped by a state judge.
"The audio file uploaded from Mrs. Nora Vance's smartwatch contains clear, unobstructed recordings of Julian Vance threatening her life, the sound of physical assault, and Miss Selina Cross explicitly coaching him to lie about the incident," the detective declared coldly.
Selina spun around to flee into the hallway, but the second detective moved with blinding speed, intercepting her near the door and grabbing her wrists. Cold steel handcuffs clicked tightly around Selina's wrists.
"Let go of me! I didn't do anything! It was all Julian's idea!" Selina shrieked hysterically, kicking her heels against the floor as she was dragged toward the exit. "Julian made me do it! He promised me his wife's trust fund!"
Victoria stood completely paralyzed in the center of the room, her high-and-mighty posture collapsing in an instant. Her face turned bright red with pure humiliation as hospital staff and patients gathered outside the glass window, recording Selina's screaming arrest on their cell phones.
"Detective... surely we can settle this discreetly," Victoria pleaded, her voice shaking for the first time in her life. "The Vance family is willing to pay any amount for damages—"
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"Julian Vance has already been taken into custody in the lobby," Detective Miller interrupted without a shred of pity. "He is being charged with attempted murder and domestic assault. And you, Mrs. Vance, are summoned for questioning regarding witness tampering."
👉 Read PART 11 to see Julian's desperate plea from his jail cell!
